From our football correspondent
Crisis
Boardroom8 Nov 2027
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
Squad8 Nov 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Antonio Maurić and Istra 1961 agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Loan watch8 Nov 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Istra 1961 , and 4 appearances in 11 say he has earned the hearing.
Match6 Nov 2027
Rudes made Istra 1961 work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad8 Nov 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad8 Nov 2027
No place for Teo Žiković on the big day
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Istra 1961 pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
Boardroom8 Nov 2027
Istra 1961 pull $4.9M back off the tableThe money that was there in the summer is not there now. Nobody upstairs calls this a change of ambition, and everybody downstairs reads it as one.
Market8 Nov 2027
Vinko Rozić linked with a move awayThe name of Vinko Rozić keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Istra 1961 say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad8 Nov 2027
Leo Štulac asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Match25 Sep 2027
The unbeaten run reaches 13. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Match27 Sep 2027
16 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Match25 Sep 2027
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Dinamo Bucharest are no longer polite ones.
Squad27 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Charles Agada
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match25 Sep 2027
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad27 Sep 2027
Devis Epassy knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Dinamo Bucharest , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Steady
Match30 Aug 2027
Position 3 and 10 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Match28 Aug 2027
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 8 matches without defeat is a foundation Dinamo Bucharest did not have in the autumn.
Market30 Aug 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
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Squad30 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Devis Epassy
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match28 Aug 2027
A 1-1 draw with CFR Cluj leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Andrei Mărginean asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad30 Aug 2027
At 21 years old, Charles Agada became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.
The terraces30 Aug 2027
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
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Steady
Match21 Aug 2027
Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 3-0 against Botosani , and it could have been more.
Match21 Aug 2027
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 7 matches without defeat is a foundation Dinamo Bucharest did not have in the autumn.
Market23 Aug 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Dinamo Bucharest have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad23 Aug 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad23 Aug 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Market23 Aug 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Dinamo Bucharest know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Eddy Gnahoré has company in his positionThe competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Eddy Gnahoré keeps the shirt for now, at Dinamo Bucharest 's convenience rather than his own.
Market23 Aug 2027
A season-long audition: Istra 1961 still own him, but the shirt and the minutes are Dinamo Bucharest 's to give. A loan is a bet both clubs believe they are winning.
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Crisis
Match14 Aug 2027
6 matches without a win for Istra 1961
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Istra 1961 are no longer polite ones.
Squad16 Aug 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market16 Aug 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Istra 1961 have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
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Squad16 Aug 2027
Jan Matoušek gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match14 Aug 2027
0-1 to NK Varazdin , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market16 Aug 2027
Vinko Rozić linked with a move awayThe name of Vinko Rozić keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Istra 1961 say nothing, which says plenty.
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Crisis
Squad2 Aug 2027
A one-man rearguard from Franko Kolić
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market2 Aug 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Match31 Jul 2027
4 matches without a win for Istra 1961
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Istra 1961 are no longer polite ones.
Squad2 Aug 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Vinko Rozić and Istra 1961 agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match31 Jul 2027
1-3 to Dinamo Zagreb , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad2 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Advan Kadušić
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Steady
Market21 Jun 2027
Jan Paus-Kunšt has left for Zadar in a $140.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Market21 Jun 2027
Imotski pay $24.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad21 Jun 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Samuli Miettinen and Istra 1961 agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad21 Jun 2027
The manager makes an example of Teo Žiković
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market21 Jun 2027
Vinko Rozić linked with a move awayThe name of Vinko Rozić keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Istra 1961 say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad21 Jun 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Istra 1961 , and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Loan watch8 Feb 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Istra 1961 , and 1 appearances in 25 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad8 Feb 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Samuli Miettinen and Istra 1961 agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Leo Štulac gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
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Steady
Squad1 Feb 2027
Cadu out for 18 daysThe medical room confirms 18 days on the sidelines for Cadu , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad1 Feb 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market1 Feb 2027
The Vinko Rozić talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Istra 1961 know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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